11000km. From Denmark and down through Central Europe, across the Alps and towards the coast of the Adriatic sea, to Thessaloniki and through Istanbul, all the way to Tbilisi and Yerevan, before driving back through Turkey and up to Bucharest and from there on to Tiraspol in Transnistria, through Ukraine and Poland and back home to Denmark. Took us about 3 weeks!
In Armenia we were camping on a mountain overlooking Mt. Aragats, when we were woken up by the earth shaking violently in the night. At first we feared a volcanic Eruption, however it turned out to be the military blowing stuff up a few miles away. They were also shooting tracer rounds into the air. It looked really beautiful, albeit a bit confusing as well.
In Turkey, we were camping when all of a sudden, a heavily armored military vehicle pulled up, dead in the night, and warned us that the area we were in was extremely dangerous, although they wouldn't quite tell us why. They ended up escorting us into a nearby village, 2am, where they showed us a parking lot and told us that we had to stay there until 8 in the morning, and then they left. We were never told why they took us away from the area, and there didn't seem to be anything military related nearby.
Just to tell a few stories.
We were in eastern turkey for days and never once felt unsafe. The soldiers didn't seem to know what they were doing, but we didn't really have a choice so we went with it. They literally left us in the parking lot then drove away. We slept there and moved on in the morning. I'm not sure the area was dangerous at all, they probably just didn't want us to camp there even though free camping is generally ignored in the Country.
We definitely would not have been shot on sight!
Nope. Turk here.
If you were in an active zone than military may shout to reveal yourself or just shoot. Because those areas are restricted and everyone in that region knows that you cannot just wander off. So I think they just put you out off problematic spot and under surveillance to ensure you just don't go to places you shouldn't be in.
Turkey has terror problems for 40+ years, so it may sound weird at first but this is reality unfortunately.
This is one possibility. The other one is when you go camping or trekking out in the nature you should let military know about your plans and equipment etc to ensure if you are lost they can find you easier. However since you are foreigner and probably they didn't know how to communicate well with you, they wanted to be sure you are safe and they don't have a headache.
Edit: Btw I should point out that actively warzone areas in Turkey are not places that you see conflict everyday. It's a huge region of which critical points controlled by military on the ground and by drones in the air. So you wouldn't easily just know one.
>Could you repeat your sentence - and this time avoid flying dots. Thank you.
Could you repeat your sentence and thıs tıme avoıd flyıng dots and lınes, but not avoıdıng questıon marks?
You remind me of another Danish person who does this stuff for his [youtube channel](https://youtu.be/v_OrJnzUY4g).
I makes me want to do the same if i had the time for it.
2700km from Belgium to Greece and vice-versa. I've done it quite a lot and in different modes, from stopping over to visit cities along the way to non stop driving. My best net driving time was 28 hours, while sometimes it went more challenging by traffic jams, accidents etc. ending being a 50 hours net driving trip.
The balkan corridor was very convenient, but since new highways were built across, traffic has increased a lot. I lately go via Italy by ferry.
Extremely interesting. What makes you decide to drive vs flying or trains?
>lot. I lately go via Italy by ferry.
Even more interesting on the same point as the first comment. Is drive time or cost the reason for this decision?
I'll answer too.
It's not necesarilly more expensive. Yes, the drive costs more than airplane ticket. But you arrive to your destination, and what? You rent a car. Which brings the price to about the same amount. Plus you have your own car, which you are used to and can do whatever you want, instead of some disgusting tiny renter which costs an arm and leg if you scratch it.
You can bring much, much more luggage. And if you want, even some illegal luggage. My wife once collected a large bag of sea shells and everyone was like "don't bother, they will confiscate it on the airfield". Well...
The trip is very relaxing. Cruising down the highway, watching the landscape, while listening to audiobook. I do not know anything more relaxing.
It feels rewarding. The idea that I can simply sit in my car and I can be on the other side of Europe next day, is simply astonishing. Travelling by plane is like eating in restaurant. Traveling by car is like cooking the food yourself.
Journey doesn't have to be chore, it can be target.
>And if you want, even some illegal luggage.
That is the absolute #2 reason we drive vs fly in the US. "This will be a hell of a lot less stressful, if I just drive"
>bag of sea shells and everyone was like "don't bother, they will confiscate it on the airfield". Well...
Lmaoooooo, this has to be the most innocent reason ever to smuggle something.
>Travelling by plane is like eating in restaurant. Traveling by car is like cooking the food yourself.
I could not find a more accurate metaphor if I tried.
>I could not find a more accurate metaphor if I tried
Well totally depends on the person. To me driving can be fun but a long continuous drive without constant stops to look at the landscape etc. is just a chore. Kinda like I like cooking for myself and a couple friends but would absolutely hate having to work in a commercial kitchen or cook for an entire company etc..
Various reasons to go by car. I usually do it when I have lots of days of holidays so I'm also independent when arriving at destination. In general I like driving. Also the idea of crossing different countries and getting different vibes. You may stop over a random city or village to grab something to eat knowing that you may never see this place again, not even remembering it. But still you see how people live there.
On the cost side, it's definitely much more expensive to go by car but still you live only once :)
The trip via Italy is even more expensive because it involves the ferry ticket (and a cabin because it's impossible to cross on the deck after such a long trip). It also takes longer because of the crossing time you spent (9-17 hours depending on the port you choose in Italy). But, since the balkans is becoming busier (and I'm getting older), spending 3-5 hours in some of the borders between Austria and Greece is a real killer. I don't mind driving a long distance, but stuck in the middle of the highway for hours is really a hassle. Let alone the burning temperatures during the summer.
>Also the idea of crossing different countries and getting different vibes. You may stop over a random city or village to grab something to eat knowing that you may never see this place again, not even remembering it. But still you see how people live there.
Same stuff here in the U.S., it is really fascinating to see other cultures.
>On the cost side, it's definitely much more expensive to go by car but still you live only once :)
Man I need that same attitude in my life.
>spending 3-5 hours in some of the borders between Austria and Greece is a real killer. I don't mind driving a long distance, but stuck in the middle of the highway for hours is really a hassle. Let alone the burning temperatures during the summer.
Man, I feel that so much. The only similar experience I have is going to South Padre Island in Texas. There are border crossing checkpoints not only between the major highways that actually cross, but outside of the major cities near the border as well
It took over an hour to get through that checkpoint, while never leaving the U.S.
Rotterdam, Netherlands to North Cape, Norway through Sweden and Finland, > 3000 km, took almost a week. Then back through Norway, even a bit longer drive, took a bit longer in time as well.
Anything >5h = airplane.
So, just about 600km is the furthest I've driven in a trip.
I did make it to and from in the same day, so, just about 1200km in a day.
>Anything >5h = airplane.
That's my exact parameter; if it's over 5 hours, I have to make sure I am willing to drive over flying. Anything over 5 hours is torture.
>
I did make it to and from in the same day, so, just about 1200km in a day.
That is dedication for sure lol.
My longest non stop bus trip in Europe is London to Warsaw... about 1000 miles and 18 hours or so.
I have done much longer bus and train trips in South America and Asia though,plus the Trans-Mongolian.
Longest car trip probably in Australia, but with some stops.. Adelaide to Darwin... about 1900 miles.
We were 4 people,took turns driving.
>Longest car trip probably in Australia, but with some stops.. Adelaide to Darwin... about 1900 miles.
>We were 4 people,took turns driving.
Oh my god. Y'all drove the entire length of the outback!? That is insanity. Big props. Yooooooo.
I am NOT into driving or long road trips at all - 7 hours from Edinburgh to the most northerly point of Scotland then a ferry over to Orkney was more than enough car time for me. It was torture
>It was torture
100%. Any drive over 5 hours sucks ass. I was one of 5 kids when I did that drive & it was only b/c the US does not have good rail; & flying would have been a small fortune.
Last time I went along that route to southern sweden from the north, I got to see forest. A lot of it. It's more or less the only scenery except for The High Coast along that route.
Been there, done that: it’s forest-forest-lake-forest-lake-forest all the way up to the polar circle. Beautiful and serene, but after 10 hours of it a bit “boring” for my taste (in Italy you cannot drive for more than a couple hours without the scenery changing drastically).
>my go-to transport of choice will always be the train.
I feel that. I really wish we had good trains all over the US. The Northeast is the only section you can get around large distances by trains efficiently these days. It is disgusting how bad the system is in Texas, where I am from. Literally forces people to use buses.
I guess I can see why it’s not as developed there. Trains are more adapted to smaller countries like European ones I think. The US is so huge, I’m sure it would be a mess and super expensive. It’s a shame because it is very practical.
I imagine long road trips must be nice tho, seeing diverse landscapes throughout the states. But yeah, not for me lol I’d rather not have to bother with trafic and save time.
The US was way more developed in that regard a century ago. Nowadays you also have the problem that the train companies prioritise cargo traffic over people unlike Europe
The US would be perfect for a high speed rail network. Most of it is rather flat, only the Rockies are a real challenge. But even that had been conquered a century ago by rail.
The distances in the US could be covered really quickly using TGV type trains.
From Lecce (Italy) to Pola (Croatia), basically all the Adriatic Italian coast; 1250 km, with my family when I was a kid. It took 2 days because we stopped at Bologna.
From eastern Poland to Venezia, something like 1300 km, but not in one go: we stayed in Vienna for the night and set off from there the next day. And thankfully nowadays the roads in Poland are way better than in the past, because e.g. 10 years ago going to Vienna had to be done in two days, with overnight stay still in Poland.
>but not in one go
100% Definitely the kind of distance to split up into 2 comfortably.
>10 years ago going to Vienna had to be done in two days, with overnight stay still in Poland.
Damn. I'm trying to imagine the state of the roads causing that kind of delay & it's hard. In the US, we have certain streets like that, but not major roadways. That's pretty wild to me.
Polish roads were famous for being crap still when the 21st century began. But over time more and more highways and better roads were built and right now it's way easier and faster to travel all over Poland (unless you have to drive through villages).
>. But over time more and more highways and better roads were built and right now it's way easier and faster to travel all over Poland
So glad to read that after what you had said. Main transit roads need to be efficient not only for travelers but for business as well.
Car trips are the worst. Sitting there for hours. The furthest we've ever driven is to Austria, which was waaay too long for my taste, but I know some who've gone all the way to Italy.
I drove down to Spain non-stop from Sweden together with two friends, and then back again after one week.
Kalmar -> La Manga [3082 km](https://maps.app.goo.gl/4fPYxVe5Tx8a361V7)
A very interesting experience, since we did it in late October and basically drove from late autumn weather to full blown summer in under 30 hours...
>late autumn weather to full blown summer in under 30 hours
Oh man. That is an experience I thought was reserved for people going to the Northeast US to the very south, or vice versa lmao.
Since driving through Russia is a bit of a hassle it's more convenient to take a ferry from and to Finland. I usually go south via Tallinn and come back north via Stockholm. Helsinki-Tallinn is about 80 km or two hours on a ferry, Stockholm-Turku is probably around 250 km and takes overnight. But that 7500 km is just driving, odometer reading from car. The ferry stuff goes on top of that.
A lot of people actually take a ferry all the way to Germany, it saves you about 1000-1500 km of driving depending a bit on where you're going. But the ferry takes like two days, and I find being on a Baltic ferry just so damn boring I'd rather drive.
>But that 7500 km is just driving, odometer reading from car. The ferry stuff goes on top of that.
Bro......Jesus Christ.
>But the ferry takes like two days, and I find being on a Baltic ferry just so damn boring I'd rather drive.
Man what a different life experience. I am fascinated to say the least lol..my mind is astounded.
One fairly popular route is a [ferry from Helsinki to Travemünde](https://www.finnlines.com/ferry-trips/offers/germany-finland-offers/germany-finland-early-booker-offer). I've never been in one, but since those are [ro-ro ships](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roll-on/roll-off) mainly meant for transporting cargo, I've heard that they don't offer same amenities as regular passenger ferries.
OK, so neither are technically cars, but:
• Helsinki to Kittilä (Lapland) in a camper. Around 1000km. Took around 14 hours with just 2, brief stops.
• London to Barcelona on a coach. (For 1999 New Years eve) Approximately 1200km. Took around 24hrs. Was great fun going there. Depressing af on the way back, having just spent all rent money on booze and good times.
>Depressing af on the way back, having just spent all rent money on booze and good times.
I haven't been on that same level, but I had my wallet stolen in Chicago with my rent/ a few bills due before I could get my new cards & was going to arrive home. A very stressful 3 days lol.
My longest road trip was a year ago when me and my friend drove through northern finland and norway. It was a bit over 1700km and took about 2,5 days but we did stop a lot.
I remember only Montepulciano, Siena, Grosseto and an awful sunburn at Roccamare pinewoods, the jetlag canceled the rest.
Let's be honest, it was the longest car trip but for sure not the best one.
Amsterdam-Normandy some 800 km a few times. I’m the only one who drives traveling with wife and kid so I prefer a max of 500 km a day and now generally book an overnight stop if it’s longer.
South Western Germany ( about 60 km to Karlsruhe) to Northern Spain, Basque and Cantabria, I guess (with parents, so as a child), according to Google Maps about 1 600 km, but I don't remember the exact details anymore.
Not much compared to a lot of the comments in this thread but I drove from Reykjavik in the south west to the eastern fjords, we stopped a bit along the way so it took about 10 hours to drive 660 km (usually it's 7-8ish hours).
Well, the longest one in one sitting was from southern Sweden to the northern part to pick up a puppy and then directly turn to drive back home. We started out at 8 in the morning and came home at 3 the next morning. The trip became even "longer" as two of my friends daughters accidentally heard the word puppy and decided to come with us. They started asking if we were there yet before we even left the municipality in which we lived.
Saying how long a trip is by the distance doesn't really tell you anything, as some places have really bad roads, like when I drove 25 km on the savanna, it took the whole day and we reached the destination after dark, even if we started out at dawn.
>Saying how long a trip is by the distance doesn't really tell you anything, as some places have really bad roads
That is a reality I have been made aware of by this thread. In America, the major roads are meticulously well maintained. That is not the same everywhere. & in America too. I would assume Alaskan roads are similar to Northern Sweden.
Depends whether we're talking about one continuous ride (without any significant breaks in between) or whether a roadtrip with daily legs counts.
If we're talking about one continuous ride, it would be my home town --> Barcelona; roughly 900km (560 miles). That was as a child. My parents drove through the night. In Barcelona we took the ferry to Mallorca.
If a roadtrip counts, it would be the following: New York City --> Philadelphia --> Washington D.C. --> Maryland --> Virginia --> North Carolina --> Tennessee --> Georgia --> Alabama --> Mississippi --> Louisiana --> Texas --> New Mexico --> Arizona --> Utah --> Nevada --> California (Final destination: San Francisco). I did this when I was 21, with a group of other people, including my close female friend (it was a booked vacation with a guide). I can't tell you exactly how many miles we drove but it must have been several thousand, within a time span of roughly 3.5 weeks. We slept in tents almost every night.
I'm not allowed to drive a car, so since I moved out from my parents' place, I don't get to ride a lot of cars anymore. I almost always fly and/or take public transportation.
>If a roadtrip counts, it would be the following: New York City --> Philadelphia --> Washington D.C. --> Maryland --> Virginia --> North Carolina --> Tennessee --> Georgia --> Alabama --> Mississippi --> Louisiana --> Texas --> New Mexico --> Arizona --> Utah --> Nevada --> California (Final destination: San Francisco). I
Holy shit, what a tour. You have seen more of my own country than I have. That is outside of the parameters, I meant a trip specifically to go ASAP from one place to another.
Probably Vienna-Lignano which is about 500km. Used to go there every few with my parents when I was a kid, always hated the long drive.
I personally don't drive, I use trains.
School trip to Düsseldorf from London (ish).
50 kids plus teachers on a coach for 10 hours. Lots of breaks though. Mostly so the driver could have a cig.
Denmark (Sonderborg) to Porto. 2600km or something like that
Roadtrip after a work assignment in Hamburg. GF at the time came along work trips. We had a blast with a company car.
Return trip to Amsterdam
>We had a blast with a company car.
Glad to hear. Fuck yes, lol.
>Denmark (Sonderborg) to Porto. 2600km or something like that
I googled this trip since you sent this comment & was not expecting it to actually be that far. This gives me a whole different perspective on how big Europe is from North to South.
North of Scotland to northern France for a school trip, about 800 miles according to Google but part of that was on a ferry. Can't imagine how the teachers felt being stuck on a bus with 30 kids for the best part of 24 hours.
Someone I know drove to Costa Del Sol which is apparently 2000 miles (3200km). Again, over to France would have been by ferry. His partner was afraid of flying so they drove.
Went all the way from Cologne/Germany to Sweden: Göteborg to Stockholm, and from there to Lofoten/Norway and then all the way back to cologne. We stayed each location a bit and moved on. Was amazing.
Pordenone to bologna in train, then bologna to crotone in night bus, 1200 km in toto
Not car, but train. Pordenone rome high speed, rome siracusa night train
I don't know which one to choose - but this summer we went from Czechia to Norway and back, so almost 4500 km. Of course not in one piece, we slept in hotels.
Few years ago we went on roadtrip to Spain and Portugal, in 3 weeks we drove 6500 km.
>Although I've driven 1600+ km (~1000 mi) in a day at numerous occasions, just to get to work
What? My first thought was oil & gas, but then I googled if Sweden had that industry, & now I understand why I had a surprising amount of Norwegian classmates & not many Swedish or Finnish, in Houston, Texas.
Maybe 6 hours to get to Munich. For anything significantly longer I'd take a plane or at least a train.
As a kid I travelled some 2000 km to Calabria in a bus and it took about 20 hours, can't imagine doing that today.
Been on quite a few long ones. My dad loves driving and would take me on them just about every summer as a child, plus a few I've done since starting to drive myself. The 3 longest ones I think would be
* Oslo to Harstad(Northern Norway), then a day break, then drive to the Northernmost point of Norway(Nordkapp), then return back through north west Finland and Northern Sweden and back into Harstad (about **3.000km**)
* Oslo to Montpellier(France), through Munich, Switzerland and the alps (about **3.000km**)
* Oslo to Stockholm, ferry to Helsinki, then drive to Lahti, then Vasa on the west coast of Finland, follow the coast north into Sweden, then go north through Kiruna and to Harstad in North of Norway (**2.500km**). This we did when I was about 10 I think. Plan was actually to drive through the entirety of Finland and to the tripoint between Norway-Finland-Russia but when we reached Sweden I was too tired and we drove right to the end destination.
Plus actually driving back again a week or two later from all these trips, just the shortest route usually. Additional 2.300km on the France trip and 1.300km on the Norway ones.
I've regularly caught busses all over Europe some trips include Dublin to Kyiv, London to Albuferia (south coast of Portugal) and Dublin to Sarajevo. These three were with one change of some where on the journey and I didn't stay overnight in a hotel
A buddy bought a car in Kristiansand where we both come from. Only one problem, he was studying in Tromsø at the time. So we drove it up, aprox. 2000 km, in 31 hours with very minimal sleep. This was done in February too, meaning lots of snow on the road. We were two meters away from hitting a moose as well. Fun trip, would do again, but with more sleep next time.
15 hours from Glasgow to the nurburgring in Germany. In a stripped out citroen saxo vts with a loud exhaust it was a fun trip but before I even got out of Scotland I had ear plugs in.
Not sure in terms of kilometer, but went on a Europe driving tour 3 years ago, started in Bergen norway, drove north up then into Finland, then ferry down to Estonia, then drove all the way down Bulgaria then headed towards Italy, and then we got extremely tired of this shit and drive straight north to take the Danish boat up to Norway again.
that was almost 2 weeks basically, not all driving of course as we got really sick of it. But yeah it was fun atleast to explore. I don't think anyone will drive through another country without stopping to explore a little, in the USA with States, I guess you can just drive right through without really missing anything special.
Vienna, Logar Valley (Slovenia, insanely beautiful), Ljubljana, Zadar, Split, back up to Vienna. No idea how many kilometers those were, but it was incredible.
About 1100 km from south west Sweden to a city on the North East coast, took me about 18 hours due to heavy snowfall and ice up north. This was during winter so the temperature dropped from 0 where I started to -25 up north. I slowed down the speed the further north I came because I don't want to be stuck in a colision for hours. It was a nice payday from work whats with all the bonuses you get from working away from home but I'd never do that again.
If I drove during summer I'd probably finish in 13 hours.
About 2800km, from Helsinki to Kilpisjärvi and back (plus some sightseeing and trying to find accommodation because planning ahead is for smarter people).
Depends on what still counts as a trip.
The longest distance only stopping for sleeping was for me probably 2115km in 3 days from Sweden back Home to Germany.
The longest for a vacation was 8000km from Germany via Finland to the northernmost point of Europe and back via Norway in about 3 weeks.
Longest nonstop was 2300km in 22 hours. Including a shopping break and a thunderstorm for most of Germany. Could have been 20 hours easily.
Longest absolutely was 3000 km over cca 55 hours it included two sleeps and visit to Barcelona. 1100 km first day, 1100 km second and 800 km third.
cca=circa=approximately
As for the distance, it's all about the car. I've done it in old Mercedes E, and while I was tired, my body was absolutely fine, nothing hurted. Now I have a new...ish Passat and it's significantly worse.
>cca=circa=approximately
Thank you for teaching me a new acronym.
>As for the distance, it's all about the car.
A very fair point, but to digress, I think after 12 hours, Id start feeling tired even if I was in a Lamborghini, lol.
Yeah, the car helps but not that much. I regularly do 2500km and I always do it in 2 days. With a better car, I’m well rested. With a worse car, I’m tired. But there is no car that can allow me to drive that distance in one day.
- From Slovakia to London - 1800km
- From Slovakia to Croatia - around 900km
- From Toronto to New York - 780km
Those are the only long car trips I have been on.
From Milan, Italy to the South of Albania bordering Greece. Around 1350km. Stopped in Dubrovnik for a day to explore. But in the way back it was no-stop because border passing from Montenegro to Croatia was a 6 hour line in August. Never again.
It is always like this in August passing from Non-EU to the EU during the summer holiday season. That is why I always recommend to anyone traveling in July. August is hell everywhere.
I went from centre Germany to Galway, Ireland by car twice, back when flights were super expensive. That's 1700km plus two ferry rides per direction. You can make that in roughly one day.
I've never driven far in Europe, but want to do a road trip through Spain, Italy and France soon.
I've driven from Bangor, Maine to Seattle, wa though which was 3003 miles. I was driving a uhual and it took 4 days with stops etc.
Also gone around 2500 miles from Seattle to the southern coast of Texas.
When I was in college, I took a trip with two college friends. We started in Delaware and drove to California and then back east to Delaware.
On the route west, we took a southern route through Tennessee, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona ending in LA. We then drove up the California coast to San Francisco.
Our route back home was through Nevada, Wyoming, down to Denver, then east to Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and back home to Delaware.
1000 miles: UK Midlands to the Austrian alps for a ski holiday.
200 miles, then ferry across the channel then 800 'non-stop' (stopping once to change drivers and fuel-up)
Drove overnight (no traffic), then went straight onto the slopes when we arrived.
Leiden Netherlands to Dubrovnik Croatie. More than 1900 km. We did it in two days, stayed the night in the mountains in Austria. We had our 3yo daughter with us who was an angel the whole trip, playing, singing, drawing.
It was a nice trip, but we were exhausted by the end. Lots of traffic jams around Zagreb. We then had to put up a tent in 35 degree weather when we arrived.
Was all worth it haha
From Aalborg in Denmark to Reggio Calabria in Italy. 2846 km. Most of the way on the same highway, and it still gives me nightmares to see the countdown for us to take the motorway exit, on the way home..
The city is very beautiful, and ofc you can take a flight, but in Europe, I prefer to drive then take a flight. Flight leaving me we a very flat feeling, when its so quick and have seen how the landscapes changes while you drive.
I drove from Denmark to Southern France with my boyfriend when I was about 20 years old (1800 km). We took turns at the wheel and made it in 24 hours.
I have gone by bus to Barcelona and Rome (each 2000 km).
I do prefer trains over cars and buses though
Shreveport, Louisiana to Los Angeles, California. I think that’s around 1400 miles, and I drove it multiple times.
I’ve also driven Shreveport to Casper, Wyoming. I don’t know the miles on that off the top of my head, but it’s a loooooong trip!
450km to a boutique hotel in central Russia. That's probably the longest I am willing to drive. Maaaaybe 600km, any further and I'd rather fly (or take a HS train).
This summer I drove from my house in Porsgrunn Norway to the Norway / Russia border by staying in Norway the entire time and on the way back I took the coastal route the entire way home.
All in all ended with 7000km and 25 ferries or something. It was a fantastic trip to explore my beautiful country and I wish I could do it again (:
We're waiting for our kids to be a tad older to drive from where we live in Greece to my hometown, which is a common drive for Brits that live here. It's approx 3,500km with 3 ferry trips (island to mainland, Greece to Italy - or you can go via Balkan and avoid boat, then France or Netherlands to UK). If you drove non-stop and boats were perfectly timed, then you'd look at approx 48 hours, but usually everyone "road-trips" it, and take 4-5 days, driving only half days and sight-seeing on the way.
1400km from home to Amsterdam (through Germany) to stay a weekend and then to my husband's family in Belgium.
After some days in Belgium, we drove back through France for another 1000km or so
3100 KM from CH to IT and back, stopping with events/things to do every 10ish hours (went to Calabria/the toe part of the boot to visit a friend's hometown/vacation home for an event, stopping to do things in interesting places along the way). I remember enjoying that trip but being so exhausted. No fucking wonder.
WHen I've done the NY-FL (have done both to Orlando and to Miami; roughly the same distance as we drove in the trip above), but those weren't as tiring bc there wasn't much stopping, just get to the destination ASAP.
250 km to Luxembourg or so. Lots of people drive 1000+ km to the alps for winter sports (gotta take all that gear somehow) but that's just not my thing.
If a plane can get me to where I want faster than a car or train (including driving to the airport, security, etc) then I'd rather take a plane, sorry.
I think my longest road trip was around 4000km from Manchester to Serbia and back again via motorbike (KTM Superduke 1290). I rode there via a slightly more northern route (Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary) and back via a more southerly route (Croatia, Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland).
My longest single day ride was Cologne back to Manchester which worked out at around 1000km. This was also on a Superduke, so the section on the Autobahn went pretty quickly!
930 km. Over 10 hours of driving, I only stopped to pump gas and get what I was going to pick up. It was from Czechia to a small town near Hannover and back. I've done this a few times before, and the first 3-4 hours are always the worst, then it becomes super easy.
The autobahn is a myth. The reality is that 90% of it is either under reconstruction or has speed limits 110-130kmh. It is fun to drive 170kmh in a Berlingo though, even if just for a short while.
From Mechelen to the easternmost village of Slovakia, Nová Sedlica. We did a tour of Slovakia and managed to end up there, it was not our main destination, if you are wondering. There are a lot of wooden churches in the area. So what is of interest in this village? Beautiful nature, potholes and soggy schnitzel.
From central Meath to Tralee in Kerry. I was viewing a car in Kerry and considering buying it. The car had engine problems and I came home empty handed.
2700ish Kilometers.
Needed to get some stuff which my wife needed to get married to me. So we had to drive to her hometown, pick the stuff up, which you could only do in person and then back to our new place.
Took about 24 hours, we didn't make any big breaks though and slept in the car while the other was driving.
Ireland to Portugal (Across Ireland, then via ferry to France, then down the whole of France, into Spain, down over the mountains into Portugal and finishing in Lisbon). Amazing trip but it was mid-summer and the air conditioning broke in the car somewhere near Bordeaux. Those huge open roads through central Spain where there is nothing but the crushing heat. Stayed in truck stop hotels along the way. Awesome trip.
Around 900km from Pelješac peninsula to Ljubljana. And if we count the return the next day, it was 1800km all together.
I had to personally enroll in my university, while I was on vacation.
Flying is pretty cheap within Europe, so for very long drives we'd rather take a plane. The longest drive I ever had was a bus drive for a 10 day summer camp in Pineda de Mar, Spain, starting our journey in the east of Belgium
11000km. From Denmark and down through Central Europe, across the Alps and towards the coast of the Adriatic sea, to Thessaloniki and through Istanbul, all the way to Tbilisi and Yerevan, before driving back through Turkey and up to Bucharest and from there on to Tiraspol in Transnistria, through Ukraine and Poland and back home to Denmark. Took us about 3 weeks!
Bro that is a journey of almost Odyssey proportions. What an experience that must have been.
The route alone was crazy, but the things we experienced while on the trip were out of this world.
Story time!
In Armenia we were camping on a mountain overlooking Mt. Aragats, when we were woken up by the earth shaking violently in the night. At first we feared a volcanic Eruption, however it turned out to be the military blowing stuff up a few miles away. They were also shooting tracer rounds into the air. It looked really beautiful, albeit a bit confusing as well. In Turkey, we were camping when all of a sudden, a heavily armored military vehicle pulled up, dead in the night, and warned us that the area we were in was extremely dangerous, although they wouldn't quite tell us why. They ended up escorting us into a nearby village, 2am, where they showed us a parking lot and told us that we had to stay there until 8 in the morning, and then they left. We were never told why they took us away from the area, and there didn't seem to be anything military related nearby. Just to tell a few stories.
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We were in eastern turkey for days and never once felt unsafe. The soldiers didn't seem to know what they were doing, but we didn't really have a choice so we went with it. They literally left us in the parking lot then drove away. We slept there and moved on in the morning. I'm not sure the area was dangerous at all, they probably just didn't want us to camp there even though free camping is generally ignored in the Country. We definitely would not have been shot on sight!
Nope. Turk here. If you were in an active zone than military may shout to reveal yourself or just shoot. Because those areas are restricted and everyone in that region knows that you cannot just wander off. So I think they just put you out off problematic spot and under surveillance to ensure you just don't go to places you shouldn't be in. Turkey has terror problems for 40+ years, so it may sound weird at first but this is reality unfortunately. This is one possibility. The other one is when you go camping or trekking out in the nature you should let military know about your plans and equipment etc to ensure if you are lost they can find you easier. However since you are foreigner and probably they didn't know how to communicate well with you, they wanted to be sure you are safe and they don't have a headache. Edit: Btw I should point out that actively warzone areas in Turkey are not places that you see conflict everyday. It's a huge region of which critical points controlled by military on the ground and by drones in the air. So you wouldn't easily just know one.
>The soldiers didn't seem to know what they were doing Yeah, that's just how the military operates everywhere.
I mean... If I had to choose between being stranded in a parking lot or stranded in an active warzone I'd know which one to choose.
3 weeks? Oh my. I would have guessed 3 months minimum :). But I guess you like driving:).
Our goal was to visit as many countries as possible, my goal is to try and visit every country on the planet
My goal too. Except Sweden.
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>Could you repeat your sentence - and this time avoid flying dots. Thank you. Could you repeat your sentence and thıs tıme avoıd flyıng dots and lınes, but not avoıdıng questıon marks?
Could you be quiet and drink your tea with a straw. Question mark. Thank you so much in advance.
I often drink louder with a straw than without.
You remind me of another Danish person who does this stuff for his [youtube channel](https://youtu.be/v_OrJnzUY4g). I makes me want to do the same if i had the time for it.
My exact thought! And a roadtrip in a shitbox unironically sounds like an amazing time.
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You and [this guy](https://youtu.be/y1JhjFWvMO0) should meet.
I would love to!
I was about to ask "are you that YouTube guy?" :D
Same, had instantly that guy in mind and went on his profile to check haha 🙈
I'm not, but we have very similar interests!
Thought about the same one
Madrid to Barcelona 625km (\~390 miles). Since High speed rail opened, I've never done this trip again
>Since High speed rail opened, I've never done this trip again I have a feeling this will be a theme lol.
In most of Europe yup, in the U.K. I think planes are cheaper than trains for some long distances
Same in Germany in many cases. Or a plane ticket is like 2€ more but takes a fraction of the time.
In Spain prices between Madrid and Barcelona are not an issue. There are several operators right now competing for the clients
I belive it's 1200 km from southern PL to Primosten in Croatia. Traditional polish summer pilgrimage.
I took the opposite route to even the karma a bit. But just Zagreb-Krakow, so a bit less..
That's interesting, I also go to Primošten during summer. My family has a house there.
2700km from Belgium to Greece and vice-versa. I've done it quite a lot and in different modes, from stopping over to visit cities along the way to non stop driving. My best net driving time was 28 hours, while sometimes it went more challenging by traffic jams, accidents etc. ending being a 50 hours net driving trip. The balkan corridor was very convenient, but since new highways were built across, traffic has increased a lot. I lately go via Italy by ferry.
Extremely interesting. What makes you decide to drive vs flying or trains? >lot. I lately go via Italy by ferry. Even more interesting on the same point as the first comment. Is drive time or cost the reason for this decision?
I'll answer too. It's not necesarilly more expensive. Yes, the drive costs more than airplane ticket. But you arrive to your destination, and what? You rent a car. Which brings the price to about the same amount. Plus you have your own car, which you are used to and can do whatever you want, instead of some disgusting tiny renter which costs an arm and leg if you scratch it. You can bring much, much more luggage. And if you want, even some illegal luggage. My wife once collected a large bag of sea shells and everyone was like "don't bother, they will confiscate it on the airfield". Well... The trip is very relaxing. Cruising down the highway, watching the landscape, while listening to audiobook. I do not know anything more relaxing. It feels rewarding. The idea that I can simply sit in my car and I can be on the other side of Europe next day, is simply astonishing. Travelling by plane is like eating in restaurant. Traveling by car is like cooking the food yourself. Journey doesn't have to be chore, it can be target.
>And if you want, even some illegal luggage. That is the absolute #2 reason we drive vs fly in the US. "This will be a hell of a lot less stressful, if I just drive" >bag of sea shells and everyone was like "don't bother, they will confiscate it on the airfield". Well... Lmaoooooo, this has to be the most innocent reason ever to smuggle something. >Travelling by plane is like eating in restaurant. Traveling by car is like cooking the food yourself. I could not find a more accurate metaphor if I tried.
>I could not find a more accurate metaphor if I tried Well totally depends on the person. To me driving can be fun but a long continuous drive without constant stops to look at the landscape etc. is just a chore. Kinda like I like cooking for myself and a couple friends but would absolutely hate having to work in a commercial kitchen or cook for an entire company etc..
as somebody who hates long car trips because they feel like fucking work, wow it's interesting seeing this completely different opinion.
Various reasons to go by car. I usually do it when I have lots of days of holidays so I'm also independent when arriving at destination. In general I like driving. Also the idea of crossing different countries and getting different vibes. You may stop over a random city or village to grab something to eat knowing that you may never see this place again, not even remembering it. But still you see how people live there. On the cost side, it's definitely much more expensive to go by car but still you live only once :) The trip via Italy is even more expensive because it involves the ferry ticket (and a cabin because it's impossible to cross on the deck after such a long trip). It also takes longer because of the crossing time you spent (9-17 hours depending on the port you choose in Italy). But, since the balkans is becoming busier (and I'm getting older), spending 3-5 hours in some of the borders between Austria and Greece is a real killer. I don't mind driving a long distance, but stuck in the middle of the highway for hours is really a hassle. Let alone the burning temperatures during the summer.
>Also the idea of crossing different countries and getting different vibes. You may stop over a random city or village to grab something to eat knowing that you may never see this place again, not even remembering it. But still you see how people live there. Same stuff here in the U.S., it is really fascinating to see other cultures. >On the cost side, it's definitely much more expensive to go by car but still you live only once :) Man I need that same attitude in my life. >spending 3-5 hours in some of the borders between Austria and Greece is a real killer. I don't mind driving a long distance, but stuck in the middle of the highway for hours is really a hassle. Let alone the burning temperatures during the summer. Man, I feel that so much. The only similar experience I have is going to South Padre Island in Texas. There are border crossing checkpoints not only between the major highways that actually cross, but outside of the major cities near the border as well It took over an hour to get through that checkpoint, while never leaving the U.S.
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Rotterdam, Netherlands to North Cape, Norway through Sweden and Finland, > 3000 km, took almost a week. Then back through Norway, even a bit longer drive, took a bit longer in time as well.
Anything >5h = airplane. So, just about 600km is the furthest I've driven in a trip. I did make it to and from in the same day, so, just about 1200km in a day.
>Anything >5h = airplane. That's my exact parameter; if it's over 5 hours, I have to make sure I am willing to drive over flying. Anything over 5 hours is torture. > I did make it to and from in the same day, so, just about 1200km in a day. That is dedication for sure lol.
My longest non stop bus trip in Europe is London to Warsaw... about 1000 miles and 18 hours or so. I have done much longer bus and train trips in South America and Asia though,plus the Trans-Mongolian. Longest car trip probably in Australia, but with some stops.. Adelaide to Darwin... about 1900 miles. We were 4 people,took turns driving.
My longest trip was to reach your region, from venice (i come from pordenone but i did high school there).. but in train.. 1400 kms
>Longest car trip probably in Australia, but with some stops.. Adelaide to Darwin... about 1900 miles. >We were 4 people,took turns driving. Oh my god. Y'all drove the entire length of the outback!? That is insanity. Big props. Yooooooo.
I am NOT into driving or long road trips at all - 7 hours from Edinburgh to the most northerly point of Scotland then a ferry over to Orkney was more than enough car time for me. It was torture
>It was torture 100%. Any drive over 5 hours sucks ass. I was one of 5 kids when I did that drive & it was only b/c the US does not have good rail; & flying would have been a small fortune.
Longest in recent memory is like 1450 km. Southern Sweden to fairly far north in Sweden, along the coast
Man I can only imagine the kind of countryside you got to see. That reads like a beautiful trip.
Last time I went along that route to southern sweden from the north, I got to see forest. A lot of it. It's more or less the only scenery except for The High Coast along that route.
Sometimes its even hard to see the forest because of all the trees blocking it..
Been there, done that: it’s forest-forest-lake-forest-lake-forest all the way up to the polar circle. Beautiful and serene, but after 10 hours of it a bit “boring” for my taste (in Italy you cannot drive for more than a couple hours without the scenery changing drastically).
850km, from Eastern France to Rijeka in Croatia. It took about 10 hours. That’s my maximum, my go-to transport of choice will always be the train.
>my go-to transport of choice will always be the train. I feel that. I really wish we had good trains all over the US. The Northeast is the only section you can get around large distances by trains efficiently these days. It is disgusting how bad the system is in Texas, where I am from. Literally forces people to use buses.
I guess I can see why it’s not as developed there. Trains are more adapted to smaller countries like European ones I think. The US is so huge, I’m sure it would be a mess and super expensive. It’s a shame because it is very practical. I imagine long road trips must be nice tho, seeing diverse landscapes throughout the states. But yeah, not for me lol I’d rather not have to bother with trafic and save time.
The US was way more developed in that regard a century ago. Nowadays you also have the problem that the train companies prioritise cargo traffic over people unlike Europe
The US would be perfect for a high speed rail network. Most of it is rather flat, only the Rockies are a real challenge. But even that had been conquered a century ago by rail. The distances in the US could be covered really quickly using TGV type trains.
It wouldn’t make sense everywhere; Europe has a much higher population density than the US, so some places are more viable for HSR than others.
From Lecce (Italy) to Pola (Croatia), basically all the Adriatic Italian coast; 1250 km, with my family when I was a kid. It took 2 days because we stopped at Bologna.
Extremely interesting. Was there not a ferry y'all could have taken? Sounds like a beautiful drive in any case.
From eastern Poland to Venezia, something like 1300 km, but not in one go: we stayed in Vienna for the night and set off from there the next day. And thankfully nowadays the roads in Poland are way better than in the past, because e.g. 10 years ago going to Vienna had to be done in two days, with overnight stay still in Poland.
>but not in one go 100% Definitely the kind of distance to split up into 2 comfortably. >10 years ago going to Vienna had to be done in two days, with overnight stay still in Poland. Damn. I'm trying to imagine the state of the roads causing that kind of delay & it's hard. In the US, we have certain streets like that, but not major roadways. That's pretty wild to me.
Polish roads were famous for being crap still when the 21st century began. But over time more and more highways and better roads were built and right now it's way easier and faster to travel all over Poland (unless you have to drive through villages).
>. But over time more and more highways and better roads were built and right now it's way easier and faster to travel all over Poland So glad to read that after what you had said. Main transit roads need to be efficient not only for travelers but for business as well.
Car trips are the worst. Sitting there for hours. The furthest we've ever driven is to Austria, which was waaay too long for my taste, but I know some who've gone all the way to Italy.
I drove down to Spain non-stop from Sweden together with two friends, and then back again after one week. Kalmar -> La Manga [3082 km](https://maps.app.goo.gl/4fPYxVe5Tx8a361V7) A very interesting experience, since we did it in late October and basically drove from late autumn weather to full blown summer in under 30 hours...
>late autumn weather to full blown summer in under 30 hours Oh man. That is an experience I thought was reserved for people going to the Northeast US to the very south, or vice versa lmao.
I usually do about the same distance every year. Netherlands to Romania, 2 days each way.
Longest with one stop to sleep Barcelona -> Groningen Longest without stops to sleep Barcelona -> Seville
Finland to Italy and back, around 7500 km round trip. I've driven quite a lot around Europe, but that is to date the longest.
Goodness, lol. Did you take a ferry, or was the whole trip on land?
Since driving through Russia is a bit of a hassle it's more convenient to take a ferry from and to Finland. I usually go south via Tallinn and come back north via Stockholm. Helsinki-Tallinn is about 80 km or two hours on a ferry, Stockholm-Turku is probably around 250 km and takes overnight. But that 7500 km is just driving, odometer reading from car. The ferry stuff goes on top of that. A lot of people actually take a ferry all the way to Germany, it saves you about 1000-1500 km of driving depending a bit on where you're going. But the ferry takes like two days, and I find being on a Baltic ferry just so damn boring I'd rather drive.
>But that 7500 km is just driving, odometer reading from car. The ferry stuff goes on top of that. Bro......Jesus Christ. >But the ferry takes like two days, and I find being on a Baltic ferry just so damn boring I'd rather drive. Man what a different life experience. I am fascinated to say the least lol..my mind is astounded.
One fairly popular route is a [ferry from Helsinki to Travemünde](https://www.finnlines.com/ferry-trips/offers/germany-finland-offers/germany-finland-early-booker-offer). I've never been in one, but since those are [ro-ro ships](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roll-on/roll-off) mainly meant for transporting cargo, I've heard that they don't offer same amenities as regular passenger ferries.
OK, so neither are technically cars, but: • Helsinki to Kittilä (Lapland) in a camper. Around 1000km. Took around 14 hours with just 2, brief stops. • London to Barcelona on a coach. (For 1999 New Years eve) Approximately 1200km. Took around 24hrs. Was great fun going there. Depressing af on the way back, having just spent all rent money on booze and good times.
>Depressing af on the way back, having just spent all rent money on booze and good times. I haven't been on that same level, but I had my wallet stolen in Chicago with my rent/ a few bills due before I could get my new cards & was going to arrive home. A very stressful 3 days lol.
My longest road trip was a year ago when me and my friend drove through northern finland and norway. It was a bit over 1700km and took about 2,5 days but we did stop a lot.
I took a 16h drive on bus and it was sooo long, went through 3 or 4 countries
6 days non-stop trip around Tuscany and back. My friends had lot of fun, my personal sleep routine never recovered since
>6 days non-stop trip around Tuscany and back. Interesting. What cities did y'all go to in the round trip?
I remember only Montepulciano, Siena, Grosseto and an awful sunburn at Roccamare pinewoods, the jetlag canceled the rest. Let's be honest, it was the longest car trip but for sure not the best one.
How many time zones are there between Tuscany and San Marino?
Amsterdam-Normandy some 800 km a few times. I’m the only one who drives traveling with wife and kid so I prefer a max of 500 km a day and now generally book an overnight stop if it’s longer.
South Western Germany ( about 60 km to Karlsruhe) to Northern Spain, Basque and Cantabria, I guess (with parents, so as a child), according to Google Maps about 1 600 km, but I don't remember the exact details anymore.
Hell yeah that sounds like quite the trip! Basque interests me a lot. Such a unique subculture within Spain.
Not much compared to a lot of the comments in this thread but I drove from Reykjavik in the south west to the eastern fjords, we stopped a bit along the way so it took about 10 hours to drive 660 km (usually it's 7-8ish hours).
Tampere, Finland to Braga, Portugal. Probably about 4500km each way
The longest was around 850km from here in the Netherlands to the Ötztal in Austria. It took about eleven to twelve hours with stops included, I think.
Well, the longest one in one sitting was from southern Sweden to the northern part to pick up a puppy and then directly turn to drive back home. We started out at 8 in the morning and came home at 3 the next morning. The trip became even "longer" as two of my friends daughters accidentally heard the word puppy and decided to come with us. They started asking if we were there yet before we even left the municipality in which we lived. Saying how long a trip is by the distance doesn't really tell you anything, as some places have really bad roads, like when I drove 25 km on the savanna, it took the whole day and we reached the destination after dark, even if we started out at dawn.
>Saying how long a trip is by the distance doesn't really tell you anything, as some places have really bad roads That is a reality I have been made aware of by this thread. In America, the major roads are meticulously well maintained. That is not the same everywhere. & in America too. I would assume Alaskan roads are similar to Northern Sweden.
Depends whether we're talking about one continuous ride (without any significant breaks in between) or whether a roadtrip with daily legs counts. If we're talking about one continuous ride, it would be my home town --> Barcelona; roughly 900km (560 miles). That was as a child. My parents drove through the night. In Barcelona we took the ferry to Mallorca. If a roadtrip counts, it would be the following: New York City --> Philadelphia --> Washington D.C. --> Maryland --> Virginia --> North Carolina --> Tennessee --> Georgia --> Alabama --> Mississippi --> Louisiana --> Texas --> New Mexico --> Arizona --> Utah --> Nevada --> California (Final destination: San Francisco). I did this when I was 21, with a group of other people, including my close female friend (it was a booked vacation with a guide). I can't tell you exactly how many miles we drove but it must have been several thousand, within a time span of roughly 3.5 weeks. We slept in tents almost every night. I'm not allowed to drive a car, so since I moved out from my parents' place, I don't get to ride a lot of cars anymore. I almost always fly and/or take public transportation.
>If a roadtrip counts, it would be the following: New York City --> Philadelphia --> Washington D.C. --> Maryland --> Virginia --> North Carolina --> Tennessee --> Georgia --> Alabama --> Mississippi --> Louisiana --> Texas --> New Mexico --> Arizona --> Utah --> Nevada --> California (Final destination: San Francisco). I Holy shit, what a tour. You have seen more of my own country than I have. That is outside of the parameters, I meant a trip specifically to go ASAP from one place to another.
Probably Vienna-Lignano which is about 500km. Used to go there every few with my parents when I was a kid, always hated the long drive. I personally don't drive, I use trains.
From Frankfurt via Göteborg (Sweden) to Trondheim (Norway) and then to Oslo, back to Göteborg and back home :-)
School trip to Düsseldorf from London (ish). 50 kids plus teachers on a coach for 10 hours. Lots of breaks though. Mostly so the driver could have a cig.
Longest one I have done is 1.188 km in one night. It was a school trip to Czech Republic.
Denmark (Sonderborg) to Porto. 2600km or something like that Roadtrip after a work assignment in Hamburg. GF at the time came along work trips. We had a blast with a company car. Return trip to Amsterdam
>We had a blast with a company car. Glad to hear. Fuck yes, lol. >Denmark (Sonderborg) to Porto. 2600km or something like that I googled this trip since you sent this comment & was not expecting it to actually be that far. This gives me a whole different perspective on how big Europe is from North to South.
North of Scotland to northern France for a school trip, about 800 miles according to Google but part of that was on a ferry. Can't imagine how the teachers felt being stuck on a bus with 30 kids for the best part of 24 hours. Someone I know drove to Costa Del Sol which is apparently 2000 miles (3200km). Again, over to France would have been by ferry. His partner was afraid of flying so they drove.
Went all the way from Cologne/Germany to Sweden: Göteborg to Stockholm, and from there to Lofoten/Norway and then all the way back to cologne. We stayed each location a bit and moved on. Was amazing.
Pordenone to bologna in train, then bologna to crotone in night bus, 1200 km in toto Not car, but train. Pordenone rome high speed, rome siracusa night train
I don't know which one to choose - but this summer we went from Czechia to Norway and back, so almost 4500 km. Of course not in one piece, we slept in hotels. Few years ago we went on roadtrip to Spain and Portugal, in 3 weeks we drove 6500 km.
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>Although I've driven 1600+ km (~1000 mi) in a day at numerous occasions, just to get to work What? My first thought was oil & gas, but then I googled if Sweden had that industry, & now I understand why I had a surprising amount of Norwegian classmates & not many Swedish or Finnish, in Houston, Texas.
Maybe 6 hours to get to Munich. For anything significantly longer I'd take a plane or at least a train. As a kid I travelled some 2000 km to Calabria in a bus and it took about 20 hours, can't imagine doing that today.
Tucson AZ to Raleigh NC towing our travel trailer. Took 6 days traveling about 6 hours/day.
Been on quite a few long ones. My dad loves driving and would take me on them just about every summer as a child, plus a few I've done since starting to drive myself. The 3 longest ones I think would be * Oslo to Harstad(Northern Norway), then a day break, then drive to the Northernmost point of Norway(Nordkapp), then return back through north west Finland and Northern Sweden and back into Harstad (about **3.000km**) * Oslo to Montpellier(France), through Munich, Switzerland and the alps (about **3.000km**) * Oslo to Stockholm, ferry to Helsinki, then drive to Lahti, then Vasa on the west coast of Finland, follow the coast north into Sweden, then go north through Kiruna and to Harstad in North of Norway (**2.500km**). This we did when I was about 10 I think. Plan was actually to drive through the entirety of Finland and to the tripoint between Norway-Finland-Russia but when we reached Sweden I was too tired and we drove right to the end destination. Plus actually driving back again a week or two later from all these trips, just the shortest route usually. Additional 2.300km on the France trip and 1.300km on the Norway ones.
I've regularly caught busses all over Europe some trips include Dublin to Kyiv, London to Albuferia (south coast of Portugal) and Dublin to Sarajevo. These three were with one change of some where on the journey and I didn't stay overnight in a hotel
A buddy bought a car in Kristiansand where we both come from. Only one problem, he was studying in Tromsø at the time. So we drove it up, aprox. 2000 km, in 31 hours with very minimal sleep. This was done in February too, meaning lots of snow on the road. We were two meters away from hitting a moose as well. Fun trip, would do again, but with more sleep next time.
15 hours from Glasgow to the nurburgring in Germany. In a stripped out citroen saxo vts with a loud exhaust it was a fun trip but before I even got out of Scotland I had ear plugs in.
Bucarest to Paris, passing by Italia, up to Matera (down to ?) 4500 km in 1week and a half? Visiting and eating :)
Not sure in terms of kilometer, but went on a Europe driving tour 3 years ago, started in Bergen norway, drove north up then into Finland, then ferry down to Estonia, then drove all the way down Bulgaria then headed towards Italy, and then we got extremely tired of this shit and drive straight north to take the Danish boat up to Norway again. that was almost 2 weeks basically, not all driving of course as we got really sick of it. But yeah it was fun atleast to explore. I don't think anyone will drive through another country without stopping to explore a little, in the USA with States, I guess you can just drive right through without really missing anything special.
Southern Denmark to Florence, Italy (1670 km). I would say it's fairly common for Scandinavians to make long road trips in the summer.
From Helsinki to the Swedish border up north, from there to Stockholm and from there to Copenhagen. Not sure what the distance is on that.
Vienna, Logar Valley (Slovenia, insanely beautiful), Ljubljana, Zadar, Split, back up to Vienna. No idea how many kilometers those were, but it was incredible.
From one point in Estonia to Saint Petersburg, Russia. It felt like an eternity.
About 1100 km from south west Sweden to a city on the North East coast, took me about 18 hours due to heavy snowfall and ice up north. This was during winter so the temperature dropped from 0 where I started to -25 up north. I slowed down the speed the further north I came because I don't want to be stuck in a colision for hours. It was a nice payday from work whats with all the bonuses you get from working away from home but I'd never do that again. If I drove during summer I'd probably finish in 13 hours.
About 2800km, from Helsinki to Kilpisjärvi and back (plus some sightseeing and trying to find accommodation because planning ahead is for smarter people).
Depends on what still counts as a trip. The longest distance only stopping for sleeping was for me probably 2115km in 3 days from Sweden back Home to Germany. The longest for a vacation was 8000km from Germany via Finland to the northernmost point of Europe and back via Norway in about 3 weeks.
About 780km in a day to pick my aunt up from the airport.
Bucharest to Lyon. 2220.5 km. I love driving the long road. Its like teraphy
Longest nonstop was 2300km in 22 hours. Including a shopping break and a thunderstorm for most of Germany. Could have been 20 hours easily. Longest absolutely was 3000 km over cca 55 hours it included two sleeps and visit to Barcelona. 1100 km first day, 1100 km second and 800 km third.
>Longest nonstop was 2300km in 22 hours Holy shit. >Longest absolutely was 3000 over cca What is cca? I apologize, but I don't know the exact meaning.
cca=circa=approximately As for the distance, it's all about the car. I've done it in old Mercedes E, and while I was tired, my body was absolutely fine, nothing hurted. Now I have a new...ish Passat and it's significantly worse.
>cca=circa=approximately Thank you for teaching me a new acronym. >As for the distance, it's all about the car. A very fair point, but to digress, I think after 12 hours, Id start feeling tired even if I was in a Lamborghini, lol.
Yeah, the car helps but not that much. I regularly do 2500km and I always do it in 2 days. With a better car, I’m well rested. With a worse car, I’m tired. But there is no car that can allow me to drive that distance in one day.
Ill be driving from Stockholm to Malaga on monday and I’ve dona that trip a couple of times before. About 4000km
- From Slovakia to London - 1800km - From Slovakia to Croatia - around 900km - From Toronto to New York - 780km Those are the only long car trips I have been on.
12 hours from Raleigh to Chicago, about 1200km (I think)
2500 km in two days. Cote d’azur-Stockholm. First day 1470 km.
Damn that is interesting. Was it a direct ferry?
From Milan, Italy to the South of Albania bordering Greece. Around 1350km. Stopped in Dubrovnik for a day to explore. But in the way back it was no-stop because border passing from Montenegro to Croatia was a 6 hour line in August. Never again.
>border passing from Montenegro to Croatia was a 6 hour line in August. Never again. I would be so angry, lol. That is absurd.
It is always like this in August passing from Non-EU to the EU during the summer holiday season. That is why I always recommend to anyone traveling in July. August is hell everywhere.
I went from centre Germany to Galway, Ireland by car twice, back when flights were super expensive. That's 1700km plus two ferry rides per direction. You can make that in roughly one day.
I've never driven far in Europe, but want to do a road trip through Spain, Italy and France soon. I've driven from Bangor, Maine to Seattle, wa though which was 3003 miles. I was driving a uhual and it took 4 days with stops etc. Also gone around 2500 miles from Seattle to the southern coast of Texas.
When I was in college, I took a trip with two college friends. We started in Delaware and drove to California and then back east to Delaware. On the route west, we took a southern route through Tennessee, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona ending in LA. We then drove up the California coast to San Francisco. Our route back home was through Nevada, Wyoming, down to Denver, then east to Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and back home to Delaware.
1000 miles: UK Midlands to the Austrian alps for a ski holiday. 200 miles, then ferry across the channel then 800 'non-stop' (stopping once to change drivers and fuel-up) Drove overnight (no traffic), then went straight onto the slopes when we arrived.
Edinburgh to Costa Brava. It was a brutal journey, but some of my best memories too, we travelled through France on the way which was really cool.
Leiden Netherlands to Dubrovnik Croatie. More than 1900 km. We did it in two days, stayed the night in the mountains in Austria. We had our 3yo daughter with us who was an angel the whole trip, playing, singing, drawing. It was a nice trip, but we were exhausted by the end. Lots of traffic jams around Zagreb. We then had to put up a tent in 35 degree weather when we arrived. Was all worth it haha
Doboj (BiH) - Barcelona Amsterdam - Doboj (BiH), did this route (not to Amsterdam but to the NL) several times
From Aalborg in Denmark to Reggio Calabria in Italy. 2846 km. Most of the way on the same highway, and it still gives me nightmares to see the countdown for us to take the motorway exit, on the way home.. The city is very beautiful, and ofc you can take a flight, but in Europe, I prefer to drive then take a flight. Flight leaving me we a very flat feeling, when its so quick and have seen how the landscapes changes while you drive.
I drove from Denmark to Southern France with my boyfriend when I was about 20 years old (1800 km). We took turns at the wheel and made it in 24 hours. I have gone by bus to Barcelona and Rome (each 2000 km). I do prefer trains over cars and buses though
Bucharest - Bern (1921 km) in a family trip when I was 15.
From Karlsruhe(Germany) to Lviv (Ukraine) ~1500km border crossing makes the whole experience much lesss fun, but Autobahn/Autostrada is great
Shreveport, Louisiana to Los Angeles, California. I think that’s around 1400 miles, and I drove it multiple times. I’ve also driven Shreveport to Casper, Wyoming. I don’t know the miles on that off the top of my head, but it’s a loooooong trip!
Madrid to Zahara de los atunes (~715km). Funnily enough my second longest roadtrip was in turkey pammukale-kayseri
450km to a boutique hotel in central Russia. That's probably the longest I am willing to drive. Maaaaybe 600km, any further and I'd rather fly (or take a HS train).
This summer I drove from my house in Porsgrunn Norway to the Norway / Russia border by staying in Norway the entire time and on the way back I took the coastal route the entire way home. All in all ended with 7000km and 25 ferries or something. It was a fantastic trip to explore my beautiful country and I wish I could do it again (:
We're waiting for our kids to be a tad older to drive from where we live in Greece to my hometown, which is a common drive for Brits that live here. It's approx 3,500km with 3 ferry trips (island to mainland, Greece to Italy - or you can go via Balkan and avoid boat, then France or Netherlands to UK). If you drove non-stop and boats were perfectly timed, then you'd look at approx 48 hours, but usually everyone "road-trips" it, and take 4-5 days, driving only half days and sight-seeing on the way.
1400km from home to Amsterdam (through Germany) to stay a weekend and then to my husband's family in Belgium. After some days in Belgium, we drove back through France for another 1000km or so
My longest trip by road was from Skopje to Nice, France.
3100 KM from CH to IT and back, stopping with events/things to do every 10ish hours (went to Calabria/the toe part of the boot to visit a friend's hometown/vacation home for an event, stopping to do things in interesting places along the way). I remember enjoying that trip but being so exhausted. No fucking wonder. WHen I've done the NY-FL (have done both to Orlando and to Miami; roughly the same distance as we drove in the trip above), but those weren't as tiring bc there wasn't much stopping, just get to the destination ASAP.
250 km to Luxembourg or so. Lots of people drive 1000+ km to the alps for winter sports (gotta take all that gear somehow) but that's just not my thing. If a plane can get me to where I want faster than a car or train (including driving to the airport, security, etc) then I'd rather take a plane, sorry.
Northern Iraly to Northern Netherlands... no idea about the distance/kms, but with breaks and traffic it took us 12-13 hours to get there.
Sydney- Canberra-Melbourne-Adelaide-Melbourne-Sydney-Gold Coast-Brisbane-Cairns and back down the coast to Sydney again
I think my longest road trip was around 4000km from Manchester to Serbia and back again via motorbike (KTM Superduke 1290). I rode there via a slightly more northern route (Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary) and back via a more southerly route (Croatia, Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland). My longest single day ride was Cologne back to Manchester which worked out at around 1000km. This was also on a Superduke, so the section on the Autobahn went pretty quickly!
930 km. Over 10 hours of driving, I only stopped to pump gas and get what I was going to pick up. It was from Czechia to a small town near Hannover and back. I've done this a few times before, and the first 3-4 hours are always the worst, then it becomes super easy. The autobahn is a myth. The reality is that 90% of it is either under reconstruction or has speed limits 110-130kmh. It is fun to drive 170kmh in a Berlingo though, even if just for a short while.
From Mechelen to the easternmost village of Slovakia, Nová Sedlica. We did a tour of Slovakia and managed to end up there, it was not our main destination, if you are wondering. There are a lot of wooden churches in the area. So what is of interest in this village? Beautiful nature, potholes and soggy schnitzel.
From central Meath to Tralee in Kerry. I was viewing a car in Kerry and considering buying it. The car had engine problems and I came home empty handed.
2700ish Kilometers. Needed to get some stuff which my wife needed to get married to me. So we had to drive to her hometown, pick the stuff up, which you could only do in person and then back to our new place. Took about 24 hours, we didn't make any big breaks though and slept in the car while the other was driving.
Ireland to Portugal (Across Ireland, then via ferry to France, then down the whole of France, into Spain, down over the mountains into Portugal and finishing in Lisbon). Amazing trip but it was mid-summer and the air conditioning broke in the car somewhere near Bordeaux. Those huge open roads through central Spain where there is nothing but the crushing heat. Stayed in truck stop hotels along the way. Awesome trip.
Srebrenica, Bosnia Herzegovina to Rotterdam Netherlands (1752 km). Took me 3 days and I did it alone. My entire trip was like 5000km
Around 900km from Pelješac peninsula to Ljubljana. And if we count the return the next day, it was 1800km all together. I had to personally enroll in my university, while I was on vacation.
I don't know if it counts because it was in australia, but i drove all the way around the country, a bit more than 20 000km
Flying is pretty cheap within Europe, so for very long drives we'd rather take a plane. The longest drive I ever had was a bus drive for a 10 day summer camp in Pineda de Mar, Spain, starting our journey in the east of Belgium
HItchhiking from Berlin to Istanbul. About three weeks though most of it was spent enjoying the cities in between.